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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 7-12Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.11.005
Keywords
Neutrophil extracellular trap; Scophthalmus maximus; Antibacterial; Innate immune defense
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41576150, 31330081]
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province
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Neutrophils constitute an essential part of the innate immune system. Recently, neutrophils have been found to produce a complex extracellular structure called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that capture bacteria, fungi, and parasites. In fish, a few studies on NETs production have been reported, however, the function of fish NETs is unknown. In this study, we examined the ability of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) neutrophils to produce NETs and investigated the effect of turbot NETs on bacterial infection. We found that upon lipopolysaccharides treatment, turbot head kidney neutrophils produced typical NETs structures that contained DNA and histones. Bacteria treatment also induced production of NETs, which in turn entrapped the bacterial cells and inhibited bacterial replication. Furthermore, when introduced into turbot, NETS-trapped bacteria exhibited significantly weakened ability of tissue dissemination and colonization. These results indicate for the first time that teleost NETs possess apparent antibacterial effect both in vitro and in vivo. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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